GNU Interactive Tools
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* gnuit: (gnuit). GNU Interactive Tools
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GNUIT is a package containing a file system browser, a
process viewer/killer and an ASCII/HEX file viewer. This is edition
2.9.4, for GNU Interactive Tools version 4.9.5.
1. Introduction
GNUIT is a set of interactive tools. It contains an extensible
file system browser, an ascii/hex file viewer, a process viewer/killer
and some other related utilities and shell scripts. It can be used to
increase the speed and efficiency of most of the daily tasks such as
copying and moving files and directories, invoking editors, compressing
and uncompressing files, creating and expanding archives, compiling
programs, sending mail, etc. It looks nice, has colors (if the standard
ANSI color sequences are supported) and is user-friendly.
GNUIT runs on a wide variety of UNIX systems because it uses
the GNU Autoconf package to get system specific information.
Please refer to the PLATFORMS file included in the standard distribution
for a detailed list of systems on which GNUIT has been tested.
One of the main advantages of GNUIT is its flexibility. It is not
limited to a given set of commands. The configuration file can be
easily enhanced, allowing the user to add new commands or file
operations, depending on its needs or preferences.
GNUIT also provides a shell like command prompt, just to make sure
that the entire power of the UNIX shell commands is still there.
2. Distributing GNU Interactive Tools
GNUIT is "free software"; this means that everyone is free to use
it and free to redistribute it on certain conditions. GNUIT is not
in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on
its distribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit
everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. What is
not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing any version
of GNUIT that they might get from you. The precise conditions are
found in the GNU General Public License that comes with GNUIT and
also appears following this section.
The easiest way to get a copy of GNUIT is from someone else who has
it. You need not ask for our permission to do so, or tell any one else;
just copy it. If you have access to the Internet, you can get the
latest distribution version of GNUIT from host ‘ftp.gnu.org’
using anonymous login. See the file `/pub/gnu/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE' on
that host to find out about your options for copying and which files to
use.
You may also receive GNU Interactive Tools when you buy a
computer. Computer manufacturers are free to distribute copies on the
same terms that apply to everyone else. These terms require them to
give you the full sources, including whatever changes they may have
made, and to permit you to redistribute the GNU Interactive Tools
received from them under the usual terms of the General Public License.
In other words, the program must be free for you when you get it, not
just free for the manufacturer.
3. Using GNU Interactive Tools
The GNUIT package contains three interactive programs and a few
additional utilities. Here there is a description of each of them.
3.1 The GIT file system browser
gitfm is a file system browser with some shell like features
designed to make your work much easier and much efficient. It displays
one or two panels, each one containing a file system directory. You can
browse the directory tree with the usual cursor keys, pressing
ENTER when you want to enter or leave a directory and TAB
when you want to change the panels.
Under the two panels there is a shell like input line which you can use
to type normal shell commands. The input line can handle an unlimited
number of characters and keeps a history of typed commands (using the
GNU history library).
Under the input line there is a status bar. You can see there the
status of the currently executed command, the warnings and errors and
you will be prompted if a decision has to be taken.
3.1.1 Key binding conventions
gitfm now follows a new, easy to remember, scheme to bind commands
on keys. This is only a convention, if you define new key bindings you
may, or may not follow it.
All the file commands start with ^C. This prefix can be followed
by some modifiers, in order to affect the default behavior of the given
command. These modifiers are b and r.
b - this modifier specifies that the command will run in background:
| | ^CM = CHMOD; chmod %s{New mode of %i: ,%m} %i;;;;y
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defines a command that changes the current selected files mode in
foreground, while
| | ^CbM = B-CHMOD; chmod %s{New mode of %i: ,%m} %i&;;;;y
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defines a background command that does the same thing.
r - this modifier specifies that the command will be run recursively:
| | ^CrM = R-CHMOD; chmod -R %s{New mode of %i: ,} %i;;;;y
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defines a command that recursively changes the mode of the selected
entries.
The b and r modifiers can be combined, the resulting command
running recursively and in background:
| | ^CbrM = B-R-CHMOD; chmod -R %s{New mode of %i: ,} %i&;;;;y
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You should also note that for some commands (like gzip) there is
no need for a non-recursive version. Running gzip recursively on
files is harmless. If there is a directory between these files,
gzip will recursively compress that directory, so you can use the
same key binding for recursively and non-recursively compressing. In
fact, it is a matter of selecting files or directories.
Unfortunately, we can't run chmod recursively trying to change
the mode of all the files in a directory to 0644 because that directory
might contain subdirectories and removing the execution permission from
them is a bad idea. So, in this case, we need separate commands.
3.1.2 Command line
This is a brief description of the command line arguments.
-h print this help message
-v print the version number
-c use ANSI colors
-b don't use ANSI colors
-l don't use the last screen character
-p output final path at exit
The -p option can be used to make gitfm force bash (assuming that
you're using it as your shell) chdir to the last directory gitfm was in
before quitting. In order to do this, you need to invoke gitfm using this
function (put it into your .profile):
| | function g
{
gitfm -p $ 3> /tmp/gitfm.p.$$
if test -s /tmp/gitfm.p.$$; then
if test -d "`cat /tmp/gitfm.p.$$`"; then
cd "`cat /tmp/gitfm.p.$$`"
else
cd
fi
fi
rm -f /tmp/gitfm.p.$$
}
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This will not work if you suspend gitfm. Nothing bad will happen, just
the chdir will not be performed.
3.1.3 Panel modes
gitfm has three major modes of displaying the panels. In the first
(default) mode, two panels are displayed, each one using half of the
screen. In the second mode, only one panel uses the entire screen. In
the third mode, only the status bar and the input line are displayed,
both panels being hidden.
Briefly, a panel can use the entire screen or just half of it. Even
when a panel is hidden, it still exists.
Users can switch between these three major modes as needed:
^X 0
| | Enlarges the other panel to use the entire screen. It also changes the
minor mode to ‘Enable all’. The current panel will become
invisible (‘enlarge-other-panel’).
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^X 1
| | Enlarges the current panel to use the entire screen. It also changes
the minor mode to ‘Enable all’. The other panel will become
invisible (‘enlarge-panel’).
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^X 2
| | Switches back to the two panel mode (‘two-panel-mode’).
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^O, ESC o
| | Switches to the tty mode (no panels on the screen) (‘tty-mode’).
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A panel displays the files and subdirectories in a directory.
You can optionally specify some additional information about each entry
(file, directory, …) to be displayed (a minor mode).
When using the full screen mode, all the minor modes here can be used.
In half screen mode, the ‘panel-enable-all’ mode is not available.
These are the panel minor modes:
ESC e o
| | Display the entry owner and group (‘panel-enable-owner-group’).
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ESC e d
| | Display the entry date and time (‘panel-enable-date-time’).
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ESC e s
| | Display the entry size (‘panel-enable-size’).
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ESC e S
| | Display the entry size, scaled (e.g. ‘123M’) (‘panel-enable-abbrevsize’).
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ESC e m
| | Display the entry mode (‘panel-enable-mode’).
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ESC e f
| | Display the entry full name (‘panel-enable-full-name’).
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ESC e a
| | Display the entire information about file (‘panel-enable-all’).
This mode is only available if the panel has been enlarged to use the
entire screen with ‘enlarge-panel’ or ‘enlarge-other-panel’
(‘panel-enable-all’).
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There is another way of changing the panel minor modes:
^], ^[]
| | Switches to the next panel minor mode (‘panel-enable-next-mode’).
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3.1.4 Sorting methods
Entries in a panel can be sorted in different ways. These are the
available options:
ESC s n
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their names
(‘panel-sort-by-name’).
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ESC s e
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their extensions
(‘panel-sort-by-extension’).
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ESC s s
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their sizes
(‘panel-sort-by-size’).
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ESC s d
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their ‘last modified’ stamps
(‘panel-sort-by-date’).
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ESC s m
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their modes
(‘panel-sort-by-mode’).
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ESC s o i
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their owner ids
(‘panel-sort-by-owner-id’).
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ESC s g i
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their group ids
(‘panel-sort-by-group-id’).
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ESC s o n
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their owner names
(‘panel-sort-by-owner-name’).
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ESC s g n
| | Display the panel entries sorted by their group names
(‘panel-sort-by-group-name’).
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There is also another way to change the sort method:
ESC s u
| | Switch to the next panel sort method (‘panel-sort-next-method’).
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3.1.5 Moving the cursor in the panel
Moving the cursor in the panel is very easy. If your keyboard has
arrows, use them. If the arrow keys don't work (it might be due to a
badly configured TERM environment variable), you can use the Emacs
commands bindings as well.
UP, ^P
| | Move the cursor vertically up one entry (‘previous-line’).
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DOWN, ^N
| | Move the cursor vertically down one entry (‘next-line’).
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HOME, ESC <
| | Move the cursor on the first entry in the panel
(‘beginning-of-panel’).
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END, ESC >
| | Move the cursor on the last entry in the panel (‘end-of-panel’).
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PGUP, ESC v
| | Move the cursor vertically down one page (‘scroll-down’).
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PGDOWN, ^V
| | Move the cursor vertically down one page (‘scroll-up’).
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ESC g
| | Scroll the panel entries to the left (‘horizontal-scroll-left’).
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ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
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^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
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TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
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^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
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3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
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^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
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^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
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ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
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ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
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See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
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^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
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3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
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ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
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3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
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^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
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ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
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ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
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^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
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ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
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3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
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ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
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3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward
incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental
search is also provided.
^S, ^Xs
| | Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’). Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.
|
^R, ^Xr
| | Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’). Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string. When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.
|
3.1.8 Using the input line
The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact
with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform
some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So
here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the
‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from
Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.
3.1.8.1 Inserting Text
Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input
line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not
allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting
a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other
ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a
description of most of them.
ESC RET
| | Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).
|
ESC ESC RET
| | Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).
|
^X ^I
| | Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).
|
3.1.8.2 Moving Point
^B, LEFT
| | Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).
|
^F, RIGHT
| | Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).
|
ESC b
| | Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).
|
ESC f
| | Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).
|
^A
| | Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line X124">
ESC ghorizontal-scroll-left’).
|
ESC j
| | Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).
|
^X P
| | In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’). This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out. The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.
|
TAB, ^I, ^X o
| | Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).
|
^X P
| | Switch the two panels. This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).
|
3.1.6 Selecting files
INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\
| | Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).
|
^C s
| | Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).
|
^C u
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns. Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \. The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).
|
ESC +
| | Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).
|
ESC -
| | Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file. If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).
|
See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting
files.
3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel
Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the
panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm
provides an incremen